Improvement in gaiter-boots



J. SCHROEDER.

Improvement in Gaiter-Boots.

No. 129,178. Patentedluly16,1872.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SOHROEDER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAlTER-BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,178, dated July 16,1872.

Specification describing an Improved Gaiter- Boot, invented by JOHNSOHROEDER, of Oin= cinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio.

This invention relates to that class of gaiterboots which have anelastic openingto admit the foot, so as to require no additionalfastening.

The improved gaiter is closed and held on the foot by one or moreelastic straps of proper tension passing around the back of the ankle,above the heel, between the lining and the outer leather, and the seamsare so arranged as to present the appearance of a long boot. The sideopenings serve effectually to ventilate the foot. Apeculiar metallicclasp is employed to secure the elastic straps at one or both ends whenpreferred, so as to provide for adjusting or renewing the same by thewearer.

Figure l is a side elevation of a gaiter-boot illustrating theinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar View of a higher gaiter illustrating theemployment of a plurality of straps. Fig. 3 is a plan view andhorizontal section on the linez, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe metallic clasp for securing the ends of the clastic straps.

the scams 1), and to the counter also, and unit ed by one or moreelastic straps, f, passing through holes gin the back a, and around theback of the ankle above the heel, between the back a and its lining h.By this arrangement the elastic f is entirely concealed, and, at thesame time, so arranged as not to come in contactwith the stocking orfoot. An equal strain on the front is also secured, and the sideopenings are perfectly closed, but not so as to exelude air, and thesame serve efiectually to ventilate the foot. The gaiter may befurnished with the usual pull-straps i, by which to draw it on.

To admit of the ready adjustment or renewal of the elastic straps f whenworn, I propose attachin g the same to the front, at one or both ends,by metallic clasps k, one of which is shown in perspective in Fig. 4.This clasp is composed of a square sheet-metal disk, 1,with downturnededges to embrace the ends of the straps, and wire prongs 2 to penetratethe straps and the leather and be clinched securely on the inside; butthe elastic straps may,if preferred, be sewed or otherwise permanentlyattached at both ends.

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